Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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